Here’s some easy ways to protect yourself from the dangers of social media

What you post online - good, bad and ugly - will follow you the rest of your life. — 123rf.com

Jerry Mitchell has an important message that is particularly relevant for young people – social media can be fun. It can keep us connected to friends and relatives in a pandemic. It can make school less of a chore, and it can open new worlds far from home.

But social media also can be dangerous.